Widewuto or Videvutis was a legendary king of the pagan Baltic Prussians who ruled along with his elder brother, the high priest Bruteno in the 6th century AD. They are known from writings of 16th-cen
The purported flag of Widewuto
The Goths were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe. They were first mentioned by Greco-Roman authors in the 3rd centu
Widewuto
…names as "Widow's Son" and "Brother". According to the legend, Widewuto and Bruteno were kings of the Cimbri, a tribe in Jutland. Driven out by the Goths from their homeland, the Cimbri arrived to Ulmiganea, an area inhabited by rather primitive people who had no agriculture or cities. Widewuto and Bruteno…
A stone circle in the area of northern Poland occupied by the Wielbark culture, which is associated with the Goths
Europe in AD 300, showing the distribution of the Goths near the Black Sea
Ring of Pietroassa, dated AD 250 to AD 400 and found in Pietroasele, Romania, features a Gothic language inscription in the Elder Futhark runic alphabet.
Gizur challenges the Huns by Peter Nicolai Arbo, 1886